Harley Dean Rennerfeldt Obituary (1928

Harley Dean Rennerfeldt was born January 27, 1928 on a farm in Lyons Nebraska to his parents Carl Ellory & Gladys Louise (Johnson) Rennerfeldt. Harley passed away December 13th, 2014 at the age of 86. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday December 17th at The First Lutheran Church in Blair. Visitation is Tuesday at Campbell Aman Funeral Home from 3:00 to 8:00 with family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00. Burial with Military Honors will be at Blair Cemetery following the funeral. Harley lived with his parents and 4 sisters Shirley, Beverly, Janice & Yvonne. He spent a lot of time with his cousin Harland, who was like a brother. Years later they would talk about the many different situations they got into when they were young and wondered how they even grew up to be adults. Harley was baptized at West Side Methodist Church on April 12, 1929. He attended rural school & in the later years Oakland High School. Harley enlisted in the United States Navy September 11th, 1945, and on October 12th, 1945 he went into active duty. He received the World War II Victory Medal. Harley returned to Oakland where he began his life working 41 plus years for the gas company in the Oakland Tekamah & Blair area. He also received a plaque of 41 years of excellent driving. He was also a member of the 40 & 8, American Legion. Harley married Dorothy Mae (Dew) April 24th, 1949 in Fremont Nebraska. From this marriage they had 4 daughters, Sandra, Connie, Carla & Lu Ann. In November 1958 Harley & Dorothy separated. Harley married Elaine (Bondo) on June 12th, 1959 and from that marriage they had one daughter, Claire. Harley has been living in the Blair area for the last 55 years, enjoying life. In his early years he loved bowling, playing pool and shuffle board. Harley enjoyed woodworking and made bird houses, squirrel feeders, small benches & Aggravation game boards in his basement which he gave away. After he retired he would go uptown for coffee in the mornings and to the local bar in afternoons to visit with his friends. Whenever his mother & sisters would go on shopping trips on the holidays they would stop to have coffee with him. Harley was well known and liked by everyone that knew him. He is preceded in death by his parents, twin sister Beverly Lemke, sisters Shirley Smith, Yvonne Magill, Daughter Connie Holbrook, & great grandchild Katie. Survivors include 4 daughters, Sandra Rennerfeldt, Tekamah, Carla (Randall) Hart, Tekamah, NE, Lu Ann Friend (Jeff Swanson) Lincoln, NE, Claire (Gary) Ford Blair, NE, 1 sister, Janice Schroeder of Oakland, Ex-wife Elaine Hoyer of Blair. 10 Grandchildren, Kip & Thomas Holbrook, Tara Hart, Andrea (Ben) Kerwood, Casey Friend, Tyler Friend, Britnee Friend (Josh Mills) Justin Meyers, Joshua Ford (Tami Ausherman), Alycia (Ryan) Metcalf, and 4 Great Grandchildren, Johnny, Jordan, Tristan, & Jayden. Memorial are suggested to the Blair Fire Department or Blair Rescue Squad.